Sly Stone lives out of his car

The economic downturn has hit veteran singer Sly Stone hard – he’s living out of a car.

During the height of his career, the eccentric funk legend owned a sprawling Los Angeles mansion in Beverly Hills, and just four years ago he moved into a Napa Valley “compound,” complete with a vineyard.

But now he’s living out of his white van.

He tells the New York Post, “I like my small camper. I just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must keep moving.”

The 68 year old parks the vehicle in a residential street in the notoriously rough Los Angeles neighborhood of Crenshaw, where a retired couple provides him with a warm meal each day and use of a shower.